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In this paper, we use variational methods to prove the existence of heteroclinic solutions for a class of non-autonomous second-order equation.
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Research of C. O. Alves partially supported by CNPq 304036/2013-7 and INCT-MAT.
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Alves, C.O. Existence of heteroclinic solution for a class of non-autonomous second-order equation. Nonlinear Differ. Equ. Appl. 22, 1195–1212 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00030-015-0319-0
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